But are they real phonies?

O.J. Berman: Is she or isn’t she? Fred: Is she or isn’t she what? O.J. Berman: A phony. Fred: I don’t know. I don’t think so. O.J. Berman: She’s a phony, but she’s a real phony. You know why? Because she honestly believes all the phony junk that she believes….

January 4, 1988….

“It’s after the crash, yuppies and greed are supposedly extinct, and just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bookstores the waves suddenly part to reveal the biggest Great White Yuppie of them all. Yes, brash Donald Trump, usurper of Ted Turner’s place as the leading egomaniac in American business, has written a book that explains it all for you (Trump: The Art of the Deal, Random House, $19.95).”–Forbes, “Donald Trump Explained..“